Trees
Subtitle: Their Natural History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780521459624
Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Science / Botany; Music
First sentence: The musical family is by no means an unfamiliar phenomenon, and nearly everyone must be acquainted with at least one household in which practically every member delights not only in listening to music but also in singing or playing musical instruments.
Description: "The Cambridge Companion to Bach goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. Benefiting from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars, this Companion covers cultural, social and religious contexts, surveys and analyses Bach's compositional style, traces his influence, and considers the performance and reception of his music through the succeeding generations"--